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Suzy Exposito: They tried to Eurowash the Latin Grammys. Voters said otherwise

By the time Latin Recording Academy President Manuel Abud announced the Latin Grammys’ one-time move to Spain this year, Ibero-American cultural relations had reached new lows. Upon receiving an Oscar nod for playing Cuban American bandleader Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos,” the otherwise beloved Canarian actor Javier Bardem fired back at critics, arguing that Spaniards in Hollywood had ...
Colombian singer Shakira poses with her awards for record of the year, best pop song and best urban interpretation during the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, on Nov. 16, 2023.

By the time Latin Recording Academy President Manuel Abud announced the Latin Grammys’ one-time move to Spain this year, Ibero-American cultural relations had reached new lows.

Upon receiving an Oscar nod for playing Cuban American bandleader Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos,” the otherwise beloved Canarian actor Javier Bardem fired back at critics, arguing that Spaniards in Hollywood had more claim to a minority status than Latinos. (Groan.) And as Colombian pop icon Shakira split with the duplicitous father of her children, Barcelona soccer star Gerard Pique, the Spanish tax agency pursued our queen for a whopping 23.8 million euros in fines, alleging tax evasion from 2012 through 2014. Then, shortly after a brilliant showing together at Coachella, transatlantic pop power couple Rauwsalía shocked fans by announcing their dissolution.

All jokes aside, the Latin Grammys in Sevilla this year

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